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About a month ago I was approached by CentyLab LLC, a boutique producer of USB power devices. They had a new product, called the PocketPD, that transforms a USB power charger into a bench power supply. They wanted to expand into the amateur radio community and I agreed that this would be a great product to share. After playing around with the PocketPD for a couple of weeks, t...

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I love when I can group a Parks on the Air rove into a theme. These themes often easily translate into a story which makes a video, though finding that hook can be difficult. Sometimes it’s easy and other times it takes a bit of work. This week’s video is lumped into the easy category.

My rove of the Menominee River State Rec Area (POTA US-3319) came together pretty...

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I’m a long time proponent of faraday cloth or window screen as a ground system for your vertical HF antenna. When Dave, KZ9V, and I made that first video over 2 and a half years ago, we didn’t know what the reception would be. So we were quite surprised when the concept really took off. You know an idea will stand the test of time when other adapt and modify it for new purpos...

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The Wisconsin Ham Radio Campout started out as a lark. Joe, Travis, and I have been getting together for a weekend in the fall for some ham radio. Three years ago I had the idea that maybe we should open this up to the ham radio community. Not knowing the what the acceptance would be, we picked a park in Northern Wisconsin and the results totally blew my mind. Almost 30 peopl...

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Long time viewers of the channel know that my morse code journey is long and convoluted. I needed to learn the code to get beyond the Technician license back in 1999, and since then, reacquainting myself with it has gone in fits and spurts. That’s why when Radioddity sent me these two keys to test out, I had to get Dave on board.

Dave’s CW foundation is a little...

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